p. 16 | Tithes and Offerings

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 12, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 28.

Tithes and Offerings

The tithe is a test of common honesty concerning property that belongs to God, and of obedience in the use of what He entrusts to one's care. Offerings to the Lord's cause are a test of one's gratitude for what the Lord has done for him through the Gospel. The faithful payment of the tithe is simply returning to the Lord His own, in obedience to His commandment. The giving of offerings is the expression of appreciation of benefits received. Honesty administers a trust according to the direction of the one who reposes the trust. Gratitude and appreciation will respond according to fulness of spirit and opportunity. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts." Mal. 3:10. "Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts." Ps. 96:8.